Serious Games Design

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The rapidly growing Serious Games industry focuses on solving real-world problems using the universal appeal of play. In this major, you'll learn how to design and deliver game experiences to drive positive change in education, healthcare, marketing and more.

You’ll study game-based learning, puzzle design and game production, and use these skills to create emotionally rich and challenging experiences within your own games and simulations, including experiences for PC, mobile and virtual reality.

You can take your newfound knowledge and skills into the many companies that are now growing around the games industry.

Career opportunities

Job opportunities include embedded roles in government agencies and not-for-profits, as well as video games publishing, marketing, production and management.

Major (8)

For a major in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

Required courses (8)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Science Research Methods
SGD102 Immunology
SGD103 Systemic Physiology I
SGD200 Biochemical Pharmacology
SGD202 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
SGD214 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
SGD321 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
ICT352 Systemic Physiology II

*Available to be studied online

Minor (4)

For a minor in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

Required courses (4)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Microbial Pathogenesis
SGD103 Special Research Project
SGD200 Workplace Learning I
SGD202 Special Research Project